EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026
Scam industries and skinny shots
from The Doomscroll News Report
This week, Hanna and Amanda discuss the dystopian cyber scam industry that seems to have made its home in remote parts of southeast Asia. We also discuss the highly effective T2 diabetes and weight loss management drug semaglutide, better known as Ozempic and Wegovy, and the implication of generic versions hitting the market. Read along with us: Police warn international pickpocket ring could be targeting Taipei MRT ‘Industrial-scale scams’ and a state allegedly ‘co-opted’: What the rise and fall of the Prince group means for Cambodia Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people India's cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight
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This week, Hanna and Amanda discuss the dystopian cyber scam industry that seems to have made its home in remote parts of southeast Asia. We also discuss the highly effective T2 diabetes and weight loss management drug semaglutide, better known as Ozempic and Wegovy, and the implication of generic versions hitting the market. Read along with us: Police warn international pickpocket ring could be targeting Taipei MRT ‘Industrial-scale scams’ and a state allegedly ‘co-opted’: What the rise and fall of the Prince group means for Cambodia Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people India's cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight
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